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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trouble with Thinking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over what does Alma muse?
(a) Why the author kept the name Alma.
(b) Why Alma and Leo fall in love.
(c) Why David gave Charlotte the book.
(d) Why Charlotte misses David.

2. How long does Rosa watch Zvi before talking with him?
(a) Several days.
(b) Several months.
(c) Several minutes.
(d) Several hours.

3. When Alma writes the letter to Jacob Marcus pretending to be Charlotte, who does she tell?
(a) Misha.
(b) Uncle Julian.
(c) Leo.
(d) Bird.

4. What does Alma do when Bird asks about their father?
(a) She says nothing.
(b) She tells him what she knows.
(c) She makes up several facts.
(d) She begins to cry.

5. When do the Nazis invade the boy's hometown of Slonim?
(a) In 1940.
(b) In 1939.
(c) In 1941.
(d) In 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alma ask her mother about Alma?

2. When Leo came to America, what did he become?

3. About what does Alma read?

4. Who tells Bird about lamed vovniks?

5. Who was Leo's favorite critic?

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